From Collegial Organization to Strategic Management of Resources

Changes in Recruitment in a Norwegian University

Bibliographic Data

ID3371041
AuthorsBrian Rasmussen (0000-0002-8164-6350, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, corresponding author), Bente Rasmussen
Year2015
Volume5
Issue3
Pages5/3/2158244015603904
Publication date2015-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSAGE Open (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2158-2440 • E-ISSN: 2158-2440
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/2158244015603904
OpenAlexW2108633499
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited23

The article looks into the consequences for recruitment of Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development's recommendations that universities should manage their resources strategically to foster excellence. Using institutional ethnography as described by Dorothy Smith in a sociology department in Norway, it shows how strategic recruiting for excellence resulted in nominating candidates who were not able to teach the sociology program. Operationalizing potential for excellence as the number of (international) publications in the last 5 years resulted in nominating candidates with narrow fields of expertise who had been offered favorable conditions to publish internationally. When academic quality is translated into the number of international publications in the last 5 years, it undermines the policy of gender equity in academia by ruling out women who use paid parental leave to have children during their PhD period. The focus on publications in English also threatens to marginalize sociology's contribution to public debate and national policy

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